The Most Solid Pleasure In This Life

The Old Man, Especially If He Is In Society In The Privacy Of His Thoughts, Though He May Protest The Opposite, Never Stops Believing That, Through Some Singular Exception Of The Universal Rule, He Can In Some Unknown And Inexplicable Way Still Make An Impression On Women.

Man Is Almost Always As Wicked As His Needs Require.

The Commonplace Expression That Life Is Nothing But A Play Is Verified Above All In This: The World Speaks Absolutely Consistently In One Way And Acts Absolutely Consistently In Another.

The Artist's Conception Of His Art Or The Scientist's Of His Science Is Usually As Great As His Conception Of His Own Worth Is Small.

Men Do Not So Much Hate An Evil-doer, Or Evil Itself, As They Hate The Man Who Calls Evil By Its Real Name.